Premarital Coitus and the Southern Black: A Comparative View

Sexual behavior differences between black and white students

“…In spite of the limited research comparing black and white sexual behavior patterns, there is a considerable body of literature which suggests that U.S. blacks are more sexually permissive than whites (Christensen & Johnson, 1978;Houston, 1981;Landers, 1971;Reiss, 1967;Roebuck & McGee, 1977;Staples, 1978). To draw such a conclu-58 PHILIP A. BELCASTRO sion in the absence of adequate data is, at best, premature.…”

Indian Adolescent Sexuality: Sexual Knowledge, Attitudes, and Behaviors Among Urban Youth

“…Christensen and Johnson (1978) found that in the 1958, 41% of the females and 65% of the males with premarital sexual experience held permissive sexual attitudes as compared to 78% of the females and 82% of the males in 1968. In recent years, sexual attitudes appear to be much more predictive of sexual behavior than what they have been in the past.…”

Black Adolescent Females: A Comparison of Early versus Late Coital Initiators

“…Empirically, the relationship between religiosity and adolescent sexual activity has not been well substantiated. Some researchers have reported minimal correlations between frequency of church attendance and acceptability of premarital sexual intercourse among blacks (Christensen & Johnson, 1978). Others have indicated that black adolescent females are less July 1994 FAMILY 343 __ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~RELAnONS likely to approve of sexual permissiveness and are more likely to delay onset of first coitus if they attend church regularly (Brown, 1985;Inazu & Fox, 1980;Murry, 1992;Zelnik et al, 1981).…”